Bound for the East Indies

Preface

1 The Honourable East India Company
2 The Honourable Company Ship (HCS) Halsewell
3 The Allure of the East
4 Captain Richard Peirce, Commander of Halsewell
5 Halsewell’s First Voyage (1778-1781): An Unpleasant Encounter with Horatio Nelson
6 Halsewell’s Second Voyage (1782-1784): An Important Passenger
7 Halsewell’s Third Voyage (1786- ): Her Officers, Crew, and Passengers
8 Halsewell’s Third Voyage (1786- );
9 The Voyage Begins
10 Shipwreck
11 A Glimmer of Hope
12 Aftermath: Halsewell’s Grim Legacy
13 Analysis of the Disaster: Was Captain Peirce in Any Way to Blame?
14 ‘Halsewell’: From Whence Did the Ship Derive her Name?
15 The 1960s: Renewed Interest in the Wreck: Intriguing Artefacts
16 The Halsewell Disaster is Captured in Poetry
17 A Re-enactment of the Drama: the King and Queen Pay their Respects: Charles Dickens Commemorates the Tragedy
18 Halsewell is Immortalized by Artists
19 Sequel
Epilogue

Appendices: 1 Peirce Family Tree
2 Halsewell/Tynte Family Tree
3 Greenland Dock and the Wells Family of Shipbuilders
4 Uniforms
5 Required Qualifications for Commanders and Officers (‘Mates’)
6 Required Inventory of Equipment etc. Necessary for Commanders and Officers
7 Required Inventory of Equipment etc. Necessary for a Midshipman
8 Indulgences
9 Wages
10 List of Officers [and crew, excluding ordinary seamen—‘foremastmen’] on board the Halsewell, at the time she sailed
11 Soldiers of the 42nd Foot, transported by Halsewell on her 3rd voyage
12 The Three Voyages of HCS Halsewell
13 Halsewell’s Logbook: an Explanation
14 Ships’ Stores
15 List of Officers, Seamen, and Soldiers saved
16 The History of Walnut Tree House.